Pulmonary manifestations in a patient with transaldolase deficiency

JIMD Rep. 2014:12:47-50. doi: 10.1007/8904_2013_243. Epub 2013 Jul 12.

Abstract

Transaldolase deficiency is a newly recognized metabolic disorder. It is an autosomal recessive genetic disease (OMIM #606003). The effects of the defect in the TALDO gene are pleiotropic with a clinical presentation of growth retardation, dysmorphic features, cutis laxa, congenital heart disease, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, and bleeding tendencies. This is the first report of a child who was diagnosed at birth with transaldolase deficiency who subsequently developed hepatopulmonary syndrome.